Playtime Vintage Miniature Deck of Cards art pottery vase I've really fallen in love

I've really fallen in love with these old wooden Czechoslovakian "ramp walker" figures

F) certainly has had a gift for designing compelling iconography

Very charming

The underside of the base is stamped Russia

Playtime Vintage Miniature Deck of Cards art pottery vase I've really fallen in loveI love the graphics on this old Playtime deck of miniature playing cards, from the block letters on the box to the silhouettes of kids with balloons on the back of each card. I'd guess the deck dates to the 1940s or so, and while the cards show their age, the deck is complete, and super handy for games on the go. 52 cards plus one joker and one blank, which I guess represents the other joker. Box and cards measure 2 5 8" tall x 1 3 4" wide; box is 1